The following are selected speeches and testimony.
Speeches & Testimony
December 5, 2022
Foreign Policy & Academia: Is There A Causal Connection?
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
A presentation on the causal connection between foreign policy and academia. | Click the link below the view the presentation. | In the presentation, six topics will be discussed: 1. Ideas (can) matter 2. Bad ideas matter 3. Academic ideas influenced Obama's speeches 4. Historical analogy is methodology of choice 5. Expert knowledge is empowering 6. Other states/people get a vote.
October 20, 2022
Explaining the Causes and Consequences of Putin's Invasion of Ukraine | Michael McFaul
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
February 16, 2022
Defending U.S. Allies and Interests Against Russian Aggression in Eastern Europe
House Committee on Oversight and Reform
December 16, 2021
A New Cold War? Great Power Relations in the 21st Century
FSI Stanford
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September 17, 2021
Beyond Incrementalism: Restructuring & Reinvigorating Public Diplomacy
FSI Stanford
A presentation on how to engage in more effective public diplomacy. | Click the link below to view the presentation.
September 14, 2021
Promoting Global Democracy
FSI Stanford
Click here to view or download the presentation -- https://stanford.box.com/s/omaubpwg9bngb469ltc8uxknh1vk8485
September 12, 2021
Посол США Майкл Макфол: я отдал госдеповские печеньки. Часть 1
TV Rain
June 25, 2021
U.S.-China Relations today. Lessons from the Cold War.
Stanford FSI | Renmin University
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July 7, 2020
House Foreign Affairs Holds Hearing on Kremlin Crimes Abroad
Lawfare
On Tuesday, July 7, at 2:00 p.m., the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy and the Environment will hold a hearing on exposing and demanding accountability for Kremlin crimes abroad. The subcommittee will hear testimony from: Daniel Fried, the former State Department coordinator for sanctions policy; Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia; Kimberly Marten, the chair of the political science department at Barnard College; and Vladimir Kara-Murza, Chairman of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom.
July 7, 2020
Michael McFaul Testifies on Russian Threat to the U.S. Before House Committee on Foreign Affairs
FSI Stanford
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment held a public hearing on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in response to a U.S. intelligence report that accused Russia of paying bounties to Taliban fighters to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. The hearing, “Exposing and Demanding Accountability for Kremlin Crimes Abroad,” included testimony by Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.